AMATUER PHOTOGRAPHY. 



HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH BIG 



GAME. 



New York. 



Editor Recreation. 



Photographs of big game, except such as 

 have been taken of animals in captivity, are ex- 

 tremely rare, and only the most patient photog- 

 raphers have been able to secure good picture 

 of large game in its native haunts. A great 

 advance in photography of late has made it 

 possible to secure that, which only a few years 

 ago would have been considered beyond the 

 reach of the amateur. 



It was my good fortune, some few weeks ago, 

 to see one of these new pieces of apparatus first 

 from the optical works of Ross & Co., London. 

 It consisted of a twin lens camera, the lenses 

 being fitted with telescopic attachments, so that 

 objects a mile away could be rendered perfectly 

 distinct. With such an instrument objects at a 

 distance of half a mile, or a mile can be 

 rendered as minutely as with the regular camera 

 at a distance of a hundred feet. The telephoto 

 lens, which has only been a practical success 

 the past two years, renders all the qualities of 

 the telescope photographically, multiplying the 

 size of the image wonderfully. 



I have seen pictures made with an ordinary 

 rapid rectilinear lens, at a distance of ioo feet, 

 and compared them with the telephoto picture, 

 taken at a distance of a mile, the difference 

 being so slight as to be hardly noticeable. Of 

 course the field of vision of the telephoto lens is 

 small, and it cannot be utilized for general 

 photography, but if you are desirous of photo- 

 graphing wild animals, which would otherwise be 

 unapproachable, the value of this lens becomes 

 apparent. Brains. 



PHOTOGRAPHY IN A SCHOOL CLUB. 



Springfield, 111. 

 Editor Recreation. 



The "Springfield High School Scientific 

 Association" was organized by our esteemed 

 professor of sciences, who had the knack of 

 making all of the various branches of science, 

 in which he instructed us, interesting in the ex- 

 treme. He filled the hours allotted to him with 

 pleasure and profit, never to be forgotten. 



" I firmly believe," he said one day, as we 

 were out on one of our photographic rambles, 



that every man should have a hobby — some- 

 thing he is a crank on — and to me photography 

 is as good as anything I have ever investigated." 



Our association was divided into four parts, 

 namely, the geological, the meteorological, the 

 electrical and the photographic. By paying a 

 small initiation fee any one could join any two 

 of the divisions. 



I took the electrical and the photographic, and 

 at our first meeting was elected president of the 

 photographic section, which redoubled my 

 interest in the art, immediately. The dark 

 room erected in the basement of our high 

 school, by members of our association, stands a 

 monument to our genius and industry. It is 



8 x 16 feet with a door at one end and lockers for 

 our private plates, holders, etc., at the other. 

 At right angles to the door is the big sink, six 

 feet long and two feet wide, with movable slop 

 drains on which to develop our plates. Three 

 two-candle power incandescent lights hung over 

 this sink : a white light, to get ready and clear 

 up by, and two red lights to develop by. A 

 dynamo up in the manual training room fur- 

 nished us electrical power. These lights were 

 perfect when properly colored globes were used, 

 but we covered them with red paper to insure 

 non-actinic light, and a scare was one day occa- 

 sioned through the carelessness of one of our 

 fair members. She, with two other girls, entered 

 the dark room during school hours to develop 

 some plates. After getting all ready they closed 

 the door, shut off the white, turned on the paper 

 covered red lights and proceeded to disclose the 

 mysteries of their plates. Soon the rolls of red 

 paper on the lamps began to smell and then to 

 smoke. So engrossing was their task that they 

 did not at first notice the smoke, but when the 

 fumes began to choke them, they started to go 

 out. They tried the door but it was locked, the 

 key on the outside. A scream of terror 

 pierced the air of that gloomy dungeon, but no 

 one heard. Another and another ; but they were 

 only mingled with the voices of the merry 

 makers on the campus. The fumes were by this 

 time alarming. The girls ran about like rats in 

 a trap, but did not think of tearing off the burn- 

 ing paper. 



After recess the old janitor, while passing 

 through the basement was attracted by groans 

 to the spot, and with the prayers and entreaties 

 of the prisoners to uphold him in the deed, 

 broke open the door with an ax. There, on 

 the floor, lay two unconscious girls, while a third, 

 with streaming eyes and dishevelled hair em- 

 braced him as her rescuer ! Paul A. Ulrich. 



NOTES. 



Many would like to print from their negatives 

 on plain paper, fabrics, wood and other porous 

 surfaces. This can easily be done by the " blue 

 process." All that is necessary is to make up 

 the sensitizing solution — of which I give formula 

 below. Spread it evenly on the surface to be 

 printed, with a soft flat brush, or wad of cotton 

 in a dark room, or by gas light, drying in the 

 dark. 



Print strong in shadows and fix by simply 

 washing in water. 



Sensitizing'^ Solution . 



No. i. Red Prussiate Potash 60 grains. 



Water 1 ounce. 



No. 2. Citrate of Iron and Ammonia. . 70 grains. 



Water 1 ounce. 



Nos. 1 and 2 should be dissolved separately 

 and mixed in equal parts just before use. Keep 

 solutions in the dark. 



One of the best methods in filling in 

 defective skies, or printing in clouds, is to 

 apply blue oil color to the back of the negative, 

 with a little pellet of cotton, or the tip of the 



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